Improvement in horseshoes



NITEE STATES PETER A. LA FRANCE, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,065, dated July 3, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, PETER A. LA FRANCE, of Elmira, in the county of' Chem ung and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Mode of Oonstructin g and Attaching the Shoes of Horses and other Anito the hoot' and a light shoe is secured to such plate, so that as the lower portion of the shoe is worn with use it may be removed and replaced without affecting the hoof and with a .reduction of expense.

A is the receiving-plate, of the general form of theordinary shoe, and attached to the hoof by nails in the ordinary manner. This plate is Hat on its upper and lower faces, and havA ing a tiange, C, on its edge, projecting downward nearly the distance of the thickness of the shoe. This ange may be made perpendicular, or it may be inclined at a more acute angle to the lower face of the plate, in which case the shoe would be formed with a corresponding bevel, and be shaped so that the heel would require t0 be sprungin setti-ngit, when it would tit snugly against the fiiange, and by its shape confine the shoe in place.

B is the shoe, which is of the usual shape but lighter than the ordinary shoe. Its upper face is formed with a recess to receive the heads of the nails passing through the plate A, thus permitting the` shoe to rest squarely onY the plate near its external and internal edges.

The shoe is attached by screws to the plate A, the heads of which are countersunk so as to be level with `the shoe. The holes through the shoe nearest the heels on each side are lengthened into slots, so as to permit a lateral play in the shoe as it may be altered in shape in repairing the calks. The plate A thus attached will only require to be removed occasionally to conform it to the growth of the hoof. The ill-ange C will support all the strain upon the shoe and retain it in place, so that the screws by which the shoe is attached to the plate have little' more to do than simply to sustain its weight.

Having fully described the nature of my improvements, what I claim as my invention, and seek to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The slotted shoe B, when constructed with recesses in the upper face, and elongated openings D, in combination with the receiving- 1 plate A, when constructed with a flange, C, on its inner edge.

In testimony whereot'I have signed mynaine to this speciticatiou in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

P. A. LA FRANCE. Witnesses J oHN'S. HoLLINesHEAD, J onu D. BLooR.- 

